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Warplane Art / Re: Airbus H 145
« Last post by modellius on May 26, 2023, 11:20:42 PM »Looks great ! Love the Serbian sheme
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Aircraft Modeling / Re: Trumpeter F-106B
« Last post by modellius on May 26, 2023, 11:19:29 PM »Looks good !
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« Last post by modellius on May 26, 2023, 11:19:11 PM »Looks excellent mate !
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Aircraft Modeling / Re: Breguet 694 (Special Hobby 1/72)
« Last post by modellius on May 26, 2023, 11:16:34 PM »Huh sad news mate, sorry to hear this.... But my good friend once sad : every end is a beginning of something new, so keep your head up !
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Aircraft Modeling / Re: B-25J Eduard 1/72 kit no 7012
« Last post by modellius on May 26, 2023, 11:13:59 PM »Looks good mate !
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Ground Forces / Re: Tunisian Tiger I (My Father's Tank)
« Last post by modellius on May 26, 2023, 11:13:11 PM »Looks great !
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Aircraft Modeling / Re: B-25J Eduard 1/72 kit no 7012
« Last post by No.1 on May 26, 2023, 10:22:03 AM »Ready for decals 
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Aircraft Modeling / Re: Breguet 694 (Special Hobby 1/72)
« Last post by draken35 on May 26, 2023, 06:50:59 AM »Does not sound fine and maybe better not to ask anything else...
Not fine at all, my friend. I will send you an email in the next few days...
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Combat Warplanes / Re: Aircraft photos
« Last post by No.1 on May 25, 2023, 03:23:18 PM »Italian designer Luigi Stipa in 1931 demonstrated a new way to increase propeller efficiency. For this he surrounded the propeller with a special ring fairing. This design is called an intubated propeller (sometimes called an impeller) and is considered the forerunner of the turbofan engine. One of the first to put the idea into practice (around the same time as Stipa's own Stipa-Caproni plane) were engineers Frank Nixon (pictured right) and Carl Hall of Compton, California, USA.
In 1933, they purchased the Felio SP-2 Ranger parasol monoplane, part number X-12211, from its designer Harold Felio. The airplane was modified and from the photo it is easy to see how. Engineers installed a ring fairing with guide vanes and claimed in the pages of Flying Magazine a fantastic increase in efficiency. Speed increased by "39 to 140 percent." A "reduction in landing speed" was also reported. In theory, that's what it should have been. But, alas, there is no credible confirmation that the plane flew in this fashion.
In 1933, they purchased the Felio SP-2 Ranger parasol monoplane, part number X-12211, from its designer Harold Felio. The airplane was modified and from the photo it is easy to see how. Engineers installed a ring fairing with guide vanes and claimed in the pages of Flying Magazine a fantastic increase in efficiency. Speed increased by "39 to 140 percent." A "reduction in landing speed" was also reported. In theory, that's what it should have been. But, alas, there is no credible confirmation that the plane flew in this fashion.
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Aircraft Modeling / Re: Breguet 694 (Special Hobby 1/72)
« Last post by No.1 on May 25, 2023, 03:22:35 PM »Does not sound fine and maybe better not to ask anything else...